Steve Paulson prepared this report on Saint Francis of Assisi and his continuing influence in the modern world.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sandy Tolan tells Jim Fleming that he became a fan of Hank Aaron’s as a boy in Milwaukee, and was thrilled when “The Hammer” threatened to eclipse Babe Ruth’s home run record.
Historian Sean Wilentz tells Jim Fleming the birth of Dylan’s music is deeply bound up in the politics of the time.
Susan Corso is the author of “God’s Dictionary: Divine Definitions for Everyday Enlightenment.” She tells Jim Fleming about spiritual etymology and how she interprets the root meanings of words to come up with her definitions.
For Robert Farris Thompson, the most beautiful, intimate and passionate of dances is Argentine tango.
Taner Edis says the state of science is dismal in the Muslim world today.
The Oxford English Dictionary was created in 1857, and was expected to be finished within ten years. The first edition was finally completed 71 years later.
For the Aboriginal people of Australia, the concept of "The Dreaming" means an existence with no linear time.
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